Descripción o resumen: In The Rainbow (1915) Lawrence challenged the customary limitations of language and convention to carry into the structures of his prose the fascination with boundaries and space that characterize the entire novel. Condemned and suppressed on first publication for its open treatment of sexuality and its 'unpatriotic' spirit, the novel chronicles the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family over a period of more than 60 years, setting them against the emergence of modern England. When it was first published in 1915, The Rainbow caused outrage among the moralists of the day and was subsequently suppressed. In more recent times, it has become valued as a visionary and prophetic tale. This version, read with Peter Jeffery's classic style, transfers well to audio format. The novel opens with Lawrence's vivid prose describing the Brangwens - three generations of landowners. These are people whose very beings seem indefinable from the land itself, that 'pulsing heat of creation'. The setting is the rural midlands of England where little has changed in three generations. The affinity that the early Brangwens feel for the land becomes gradually eroded as they glimpse an alternative life of the mind. As the characters' inner lives and consciousness evolve, the land seems rejected and seeks its revenge in the form of a fatal flood. This is a story of relationships in all their many guises: between lovers, between generations, between different industries and classes. The world that Tom Brangwen inherits straddles old and new values. He is a sensitive man who is closest to his female relations. His relationships with women as he matures lack the enchantment that he secretly yearns for. He finds this infatuation, for a while, with Lydia Lensky, the girl he marries. Lydia is a Polish widow who embodies all that is exotic and mysterious. She introduces Tom to a 'world that was beyond reality'. Over time, their relationship becomes marred by struggle and conflict and ultimately prevents both from searching for individual fulfilment. As the next generation, in the form of Anna, come to dominate the story, Lawrence explores the relationship between parent and child. His descriptions of childhood moments are perceptive and often tender. Anna grows into a woman who has learnt to suppress her imaginative side and her subsequent relationship with the creative Wil